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vessel

noun as in ship

noun as in container, bowl

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Shortly after, engineers discovered that the vessel for the Tihange 2 reactor contained manufacturing anomalies.

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The layered effect is magical—as if the vessel were malleable, atmospheric, and the figures were frolicking within its translucent skin.

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Across 18 years, the vessel “logged more than a million miles, the equivalent of forty-four trips around the world.”

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As superyachts have become a staple of the billionaire class, owners and designers turned these pricey pleasure vessels into well-appointed floating offices, outfitted with executive desks and high-speed internet.

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Some Asian shipyards, including in South Korea, the world leader in the industry, have canceled Russian orders for such vessels and domestic yards have so far been unable to replace that capacity quickly.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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